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Recommendations for comfortable noise cancelling headphones? (lemmy.world)
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Going on a trip in the near future with a couple of long flights, and want it to be more enjoyable through listening. Music, movies, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.

In the past though, I've found my ears get very fatigued after a couple hours. I think mainly because of my cheap earbuds competing with ambient plane noise.

So I'm looking for something that meets these criteria:

  • Noise cancelling (active?)
  • Wired
  • Comfortable for long stretches
  • Small and easily portable?
  • Affordable?

Not sure how real my options are for the full intersection of those. But I wanted to reach out to the community first, to get ideas that may help me know where to start.

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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sony XM and Bose QC are kinda the gold standards here. You can get an older gen of the XM for cheaper without missing out on much

I find I don't use my XMs enough on trips to want to carry around bigish headphones, so I picked up the technics eahaz100 recently and I've been super happy with them. Something else to consider if you're open to earbuds still